Boundaries, Rupert's Land, Northwest Territories, Canada, Indigenous Peoples, First Nations 

Studies in aboriginal rights 

"An attempt to define the exact boundaries of Rupert's Land and the North-western Territory."- Voila 

Contents
Preface -- I. Introduction -- II. The North-Western Territory -- III. Rupert's Land: The Royal Charter of 1670 -- A. The extent of the grant -- B. Lands excluded from the grant -- IV. Rival claims by Britain and France to Hudson Bay, 1670-1713 -- A. The Treaty of Ryswick, 1697 -- B. The Treaty of Utrecht, 1713 -- V. The Ontario boundaries dispute -- A. The Arbitration Award of 1878 -- B. The Ontario Boundaries case, 1884 -- C. The Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 -- VI. Manitoba and the Red River Settlement -- VII. Determining the boundaries of Rupert's Land and the North-Western Territory -- A. West of Ontario -- B. In the North -- C. East of Hudson Bay -- VIII. The Rupert's Land Act, 1868 -- IX. Conclusion -- Appendices -- A. Award of the Arbitrators, August 3, 1878 -- B. Imperial Order in Council of August 11, 1884 -- C. Imperial Order in Council of August 24, 1791 -- D. Canada (Ontario Boundary) Act, 1889 -- Maps -- 1. Rupert's Land based on the Hudson drainage basin -- 2. Boundaries of Virginia on a literal interpretation of the Royal Charter of 1609 -- 3. Boundaries between British and French territory proposed in 1719 -- 4. Boundaries of Quebec in 1898 and 1927 -- 5. Portion of map used in the Ontario Boundaries Case, 1884. 

One folded map in pocket.
Includes bibliographical references.